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meetting be published in the Columbus Times,
tvith the request that the other city papers
copy.
In accordance with the 2d resolution, the fol
lowing nhmes were recorded, which included all
preserit, except about four or five.
W. B. More, T. Rusweau;
. It. Callen, T. B. Gilbert,
tV . J. Pierce, “W. Spence
B. H. Brown, ,J. Spence,
W. Smith, it Smith,
B. Miller, it. H. Metcalf,
W. Ruaseau, j. M. Biifrtr,
F. Cowan, J. Hilliard,
D. Fitzgerald, 11. Rodgers,
4. two, G. W. Brown,
J. M. Scarborough, W, B'dlard,
L. Rtisseau, W. Smith,
J. Fitzgerald, W. R. Hart,
O. P. 11. Stanford, J. N. Turner,
F. Giles, J. Hooks,
L. Miller, F. Grooms,
G. Hill, J. Hilliard,
J. Adams, T. Gilbert,
T. Salter, M. J. Parker,
A. Joiner, M. C. Gilbert,
J. N. Gilbert, W. Mathews,
T. 11. Gresham, W. Hilliard,
M. Presley, E. Larkin,
J. S. Parker, J. Rice,
C. Smith, J. B. Gilbert.
t)n motion the meeting adjourned.
ASBURY COWLES,Chin n.
C. Smith, ) 0 , .
J B Gilbfkt V Secretaries.
MASS MEETING!
MACON, G.v., July 22, 1850.
A Mass Meeting of the Friends of the Missour*
Compromise, is proposed to be held in this city,
on Thursday, the 22d of August next.
In behalf of the People of Bibb county, who
favor that measure as the best means of protect
ing our rights, saving our honor and preserving
the Union, we most cordially invite our fellow
citizens throughout the State, to unite with us
upon that occasion. The amplest provision will
be made for their accommodation, and no pains
or expense spared to procure everything for
their comfort and convenience. We expect a
large crowd and shall prepare for it. Let none
stay away through indifference. I*et private and
personal considerations yield to the public good.
It is time that the people of Georgia and the
Mouth should assemble en masse, to meet and
maintain the issue which has been forced upon
us. It is time that they should consult and take
measures of defence against assaults, which if,
unopposed, may ultimately end in their destruc
tion. To make successful defence, there must
he union and harmony of action among the
friends of the South. We call upon all classes
and all parties tb forget their former differences
and to unite as brethren in one common cause.
“Let our motto be, “TIIE UNION OF THE
SOUTH FOR THE SAKE OF THE UNION.”
“Let our rivalry and competition be, not about
old party feuds; but who shall most stoutly
stand by the cause of his section and most gal
lantly bear its standard against the common ad
versary.”
The Friends of the Missouri Line, without
distinction cf party, are most respectfully invited
to be present; and all others who are for a com
promise honorable to the South—who are for a
4ivjsjuri of the Territory, and opposed to any
measure which takes our laud to convert into
“Free Son”—and then takes our money to buy
more for the same purpose.
The People will be addressed by a number of
distinguished gentlemen from this the ad
joining States, whose names will be announced
in due time,
JAMES DEAN,
CHARLES COLLINS,
B. H. MOULTRIE,
VM. B. PARKER,
LEROY NAPIER,
SAMUEL DINKINS,
SAMUEL B. HUNTER,
JOHN RUTHERFORD,
JOHN BAILEY,
JOHN M. FIELD,
E. L. STROIIECKER,
JOHN B. ROSS,
CHARLES THOMPSON,
MARTIN BALL,
It. A. L. ATKINSON,
MARCUS A. FRANKLIN,
THOMAS KING,
THOMAS WOOLFOLK, SR.
HENRY G. ROSS,
C. B. NOTTINGHAM,
PULASKI S. HOLT,
JOSEPH SEYMOUR,
BENJAMIN ED. STILES,
ROBERT F. OUSLEY,
STERLING LANIER,
E. S. ROGERS,
SIMEON BUFORD,
BROWN & HARRIS,
SKELTON NAPIER,
GEORGE PAYNE,
GEORGE W. PRICE,
HARMON 11. HOWARD,
THOMAS J. WOOLFOLK,
JAMES SEYMOUR,
RICHARD McGOLDRICK,
J AMES TAYLOR,
GEORGE W. HINES,
A. G. BOSTWICK.
A. C. MOREHOUSE,
WM. D. MIMS,
STEPHEN WOODWARD,
CICERO A. THARP,
HENRY NEWSOM,
A. M. SMITH.
Mceting at Upatoie.
Messrs. Editors: —It has been made my du
ty, and becomes a pleasure, to report the pro
ceedings of a social and neighborhood meeting,
of a portion of the citizens of Muscogee,
Talbot and Harris, on the 27tli inst., at the L pa
toie Post office in Muscogee.
After despatching a sumptuous Barbecue,
handsomely. gotten up by the free and easy
“B'hoys” of Upatoi, a speech from the Hon. J.
W. G. Smith, Senator from Talbot and Marion,
•was called for, whereupon it was suggested to
resolve the meeting into a deliberative body.
Accordingly W. B. Rockmore, Esq., of Musco
gee, was,called to the chair, assisted by Mr. Ri
lev, of Talbot, and Dr. Mathews was request
ed to act as Secretary.
The chairman then briefly but explicitly set
forth the object of the meeting as then organiz
ed, of the citizens thus casualiy thrown togeth
er to spend a sociable day, urging the importance
of the subjects, the deep interest \ye had in the
issues and the great necessity of individual re
flection on these (to the people) new subjects,
—the time has arrived when every man should
make up his mind for himself, without regard to
old party ties. We all have a common interest
and rrivifef have a common destiny, come weal
or woe, so away with party distinction, and let
us ralty tp'ohe'long strong pull, altogether pull
for Southern Rights.
On motion of A. S. Rutherford, the chair ap
pointed a committee to draft resolutions express
ive of the feelings and opinions of this meeting,
on the exciting topics ot the day.
The committee consisted of A. S. Rutherford,
Hon. J. W. G. Smith, Alferd Iverson, jun., Wm.
G. Booth, Robert Brooks, of Talbot, and W. T.
Colvin. After a short absence, the committee
reported the following resolutions:
Resolved, That we witness with pleasure
and hope, the unanimity and moderation of the
Nashville Convention, and heartily approve the
resolutions of that Body. The Territories are
the common property of the people of the United
States, and we are entitled to a full enjoyment
of the whole of them without let or hinderance.
But if the two sections of the confederacy can
not hold occupancy without dispute, it is natu
ral and right that the Territories be treated as
property, and divided between them the rights
of both, being adequately secured, that in divid
ing the property, the Missouri Compromise line,
if not the most equitable, is an honorable divis
ion line, having been adopted by our fathers, and
acquiesced in by all parties for thirty years.
Resolved, That our Senators and Represen
tatives cannot truly serve us by voting for Mr.
Ciav’sCompromise Bill, or any other measure
which shall not give to the people .of the South
equal rights on the public domain at least to 36
30 North latitude.
Resolved, That the Constitution of the Unit
ed States secures all our rights, when fairly and
properly interpreted. Reverencing the present
Union and confederate States with the greatest
filial regard, and desiring its perpetuity, on the
basis of its original construction and formation.
But when by the act of an unfeeling, bigoted,
fanatical and relentless majority, it is perverted
to strip us of our rights to property, and an equal
participation in the public domain, and even of
our self-respect and honor, thus failing to secure
the ends contemplated, we prefer separation,
Dissolution, and even Death itself to cowardly
submission.
The Resolutions were sustained by an able
speech from the Hon. J. W. G Smith, also by a
chaste and beautiful speech from I)r. Mathews,
urging calm, but decided councils, unanimity
and brotherly feeling. Messrs. Iverson, Booth
and Maj. J. T. Brown, each advocated the res
olutions with warm and patriotic addresses, and
they were sustained by hoary headed wisdom
and piety, iti the person of Mr. Brooks, of Tal
bot.
The resolutions were then potto vote sepa
rately and each passed unanimously. Also, re
solved that a copy of these proceedings be fur
nished by the Secretary to each of the city pa
pers for publication.
WM. B. ROCKMORE, Chairman.
W.m. J. Mathews, Sec’y.
Arrival of Steamer Asia.
3 DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Hallies Between the Russians and Circassians —
Denmark and Prussia—The Markets, <j-c. iji-r.
[Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun.]
Boston, July 23.
The royal mail steamer Asia arrived at Hali
fax on Sunday night, but the wires East of Port
land, Me., being down, the news couid not be re
ceived here, ,Siie arrived at her dock here this
afternoon at half past six o’clock. The Asia was
off the harbor of Halifax fifteen hours in a dense
fog. I transmit you the following synopsis of
her advices. She brings dates from Liverpool
to the 13th instant, three days later than the ac
counts by the steamer Atlantic.
The English political news-is without special
interest.
RUSSIA.
Two great battles have taken place between
the Russians and Circassians, in which, it is stat
ed, both parties sustained a heavy loss.
DENMARK AND PRUSSIA.
Great fears are now entertained of a war be
tween Denmark and Prussia. S nail vessels are
anchored near the islnnd of , to support
Denmark if she should need help.
PORTUGAL.
There is nothing further from Portugal of in
terest.
TIIE MARKETS.
Liverpool Cotton Market., July 13, 1850.
The prices have advanced, mostly, on mid
dling qualities about -fd per lb. during the week,
and id over the quotations of the 10th. The
sales of the week amount to 85,700 bales. Amer
ican and all other descriptions have maintained
an advance of i to id. per lb.
TIIE CASE OF PROF. WEBSTER.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PARDONS.
Day of Execution Friday, August, 30, 1850.
The following is the report of the Committee
on Pardons made to the Governor and Council
on Friday morning :
The Committee on Pardons, to whom was re
ferred the petition of John W. Webster, a con
vict under sentence of death, praying, in behalf
of himself, his wife and children, the Governor
and Council to extend to the petitioner a com
mutation of the punishment awarded to him;
also, a copy of the records of the court, contain
ing the trial and sentence of said Webster, and
also sundry other petitions and arguments refer
ring to, or in support of the petition of said Web
ster—now report,
That, by said record, it appears that said
Webster was regularly indicted for the crime of
the murder of Dr. George Parkman, and set to
the bar of the Supreme Court, at the March
term thereof, A.D. 1850 —and there, having been
enquired of how he would acquit himself con
cerning the premises, for answer, said lie was
not guilty, and therefore put himself upon tin?
country.
Council was there upon assigned for the pris
oner. On the 19th day of March following, said
Webster was again sent to the bar to be tried.
A jury was empanelled and sworn, and after
full hearing, on their oaths declared that the
said John VV. Webster was guilty. And there
afterwards, viz. on the first day of April, in said
court, said Webster being placed at the bar for
sentence, it was demanded of him by said Court
if he had anything to say wherefore sentence
should not be declared upon the premises and
verdict aforesaid. ‘Bo which said Webster noth
ing further answered.
Thereupon it was considered by the court,
that the said John W. Webster be taken to the
jail from whence he came, and thence to the
place of execution, and there be hanged by the
neck until he be dead.
Since the passing said sentence by said court,
numerous petitions and arguments have been
presented to the Executive for the full pardon
of said Webster, founded upon the belief and
presumption that he never committed a homi
cide. Recent events, however, relieve the com
mittee in a great measure, from the considera
tion of all such arguments and petitions.
On the 2d of July, A. D. 1850, the Rev. Dr.
Putman, by appointment, appeared in behalf of
said Webster, before the Committee on Pardons
and read a confession by said Webster, acknowl
edging that he committed the homicide, and de
claring the manner and circumstances thereof,
—and at the same time presented said Webster’s
petition fora commutation of the sentence afore
said. The petition and confession were sup
ported by an able argument by Dr. Putnam.
To this confession and argument, and all ar
guments and evidence supporting it, we have
given our most serious and anxious attention,
and we have proceeded td consider the same
with hearts and minds desirous to know the
truth and our duty, and with ujirm pitrpttse to do
what both should require.
It seems to - your Committee that the sentence
in the case of said Webster, having been passed
by the Court, after a full and fair trial, m the
course of which, all the facts and circumstances
which could then be brought to light, were pa
tiently and thoroughly investigated and Weighed
by the Jury,—and having been ftrHy affirmed,
after a careful revision of the law upon trial,
since had by the full Court, on solemn argument
i of both sides, there appears to be no ground for
1 the Executive interposition, except it may be
found in the subsequent confession of the pri
soner.
In this view, the only questions, as it seems to
us, are, whether the statements which said Web
ster now makes in his confession, of the manner
and circumstances of the homicide, are so con
firmed by other evidence, or so intrinsically pro
bable, that they ought to be received as true;
and it true, whether they justify the Executive
in a commutation of the punishment.
To these questions, the minds of the Com
mittee have been most carefully directed, and, as
they trust, with no unwillingness on their part
to come to an affirmative conclusion, if they
could do so consistently witii a supreme regard
to truth and justice. But after all the consid
eration which they have been able to bestow up
on this confession, and under the light of all the
evidence and the comments wj>h which it has
been accompanied and supportfd, they feel con
strained to say, that the effect has not been such
as to satisfy their minds, that the position of the
case is materially changed. In other words, the
palliating facts and circumstances set forth in
the confession, have not been so confirmed by
other evidence and circumstances, as to form a
proper and sufficient basis for Executive inter
ference.
To this painful conclusion the Committee
have unanimously come.
The committee, therefore, respectfully report,
that they cannot consistently with what they
conceive their duty, recommend a commutation
ot the sentence, in the case of John W. Webster,
as prayed for in his petition.
Nothing now remains for the committee, in
the discharge of this painful duty, but to advise
vour Excellency in determining upon a time for
the Execution, and they name Friday, the thirti
eth day of August next, as the day ; and recom
mend to your Excellency to decide upon that
day as the time for the Execution of John W.
Webster. JOHN REED, Chairman.
Council Chamber, July 19, 1850.
Governor’s Address.
To the Honorable Council: —The Council hav
ing considered and acted on the case of John
W. Webster, a convict under sentence of death,
it becomes my du'y, as the Chief Executive
Magistrate of the Commonwealth, to make a fi
nal decision on a question involving the life of
the prisoner. I feel the weight of its responsi
bility. But it is a responsibility found in the
path of duty, and I am not disposed to evade it
or to shrink from it. For eight months past
this extraordinary case has created a deep and
painful interest among the people of Massachu
setts, and of the whole Union. Its history is as
brief as it is terrible and instructive. Every new
development in its progress has been more
strange, and has increased that interest.
On the 23d day of November, 1819, Dr. George
Parkman, a well known and highly respectable
citizen ofßostou, left his house and family, on
business, as was usual for him, and never re
turned to them. His unexpected absence alarm
ed his family and excited the attention of the
people in and around Boston. In the course of
a day or two it was understood that the prisoner
had said that Dr. Parkman met him at his rooms
in the Medical College in the west part of the
city, not far from half past one o’clock on the day
of his disappearance,and that he then and there
paid him a sum of money, which he, Dr. Park
man, took into his hands and hastily rushed to
wardsthe outer door.
Dr. Parkman was also seen by other persons,
about the same time of day, within forty feet of
the door of the College and walking quickly to
wards it. These, with other circumstances, di
rected the public mind towards the College
buildings. The next Friday, one week alter the
disappearance of Dr. Parkman, the dismember- ;
ed parts of a human body were found in differ- j
ent places in and under the rooms oocupied by j
the prisoner in that College, some of them in a :
furnace, nearly destroyed by fire, some of them I
packed in a tea chest, and other parts in the vault
of a privy attached to his laboratory.
Suspicion was strongly fixed on him, and lie
was arrested and committed to Leverett street
jail. A coroner’s inquest was called, and after a
long examination into the facts of the case, con
ducted in secret, the jury reported that the re
mains found were parts of the body of the late
Dr. George Parkman; that he came to his death
bv violence in the Medical College in Boston on
Friday, the 23d clay of November, arid that he
was killed by John W. Webster. The evidence
taken before the inquest was not given to the
public. In January, 1850, the case was laid be
fore the Grand Jury for the county of Suffolk,
and the investigation before that body resulted
in finding an indictment against the prisoner for
the murder of Dr. Parkman.
iie was arraigned on tiie indictment and plead
not guilty. Two of the most able and distin
guished lawyers of the commonwealth were,
upon his own selection, assigned to him as
counsel by the Supreme Court, and his trial be
fore the full bench of that Court, fixed on the
19th day of March. Some time before the day
of trial, the Attorney General furnished the
counsel of the prisoner, not only with a list of
names of the witnesses to be called against him,
which is required to be done in all capital cases
in this Commonwealth, but also with a copy of
the testimony taken before the coroner’s inquest
and which had been produced against him be
fore the Grand Jury.
The time appointed for the trial arrived, when
four Judges of the Supreme Court were pres
ent, and sat during the trial. In pursuance of
the provisions of iaw, sixty jurors had been ta
ken from the jury box in the county of Suffolk.
By law the prisoner itad a right peremptorily,
without giving any reason, to challenge twenty
jurors, and for good reasons to object to any
others whose names might be called. In em
panneling the jury who tried him, the prisoner
exercised his peremptory right of challenge in
only fourteen instances.
The trial was one of surpassing interest and
solemnity, and lasted eleven days. On the part
of the prisoner, the case was argued with great
earnestness, candor and ability, by the Hon. Pli
ny Merrick, his senior counsel. After denying
that the evidence on the part of the government
was sufficient to prove that the prisoner killed
Dr. Parkman at all, the counsel took the ground
that if in any event the jury should come to the
conclusion that he did kill him, then the cir
cumstances of the case were such as to satisfy
them that the’killing could not have been pre
meditated. but was the result of an unexpected
conflict between the parties, and of gftdden pas
sion.
This position he endeavored to maintain by
an ingenious and powerful appeal to the jury.
The case was closed on the part of the Com
monwealth by the Attorney General, by an ad
dress of singular point and effect. After the
Attorney General had finished his argument,
the Court informed the prisoner that he had the j
right, which he might exercise or not, as he j
pleased, to make such remarks to the jury as he j
saw fit. The prisoner rose, and for some time
addressed the jury in his own behalf. An elab
orate, clear and comprehensive charge was giv
en by the Chief Justice, after conversation with ;
the other members of the Court who sat with J
him at the trial.
The jury retired to their room, and after an
absence of three hours late on Saturday evening,
returned into Court with a verdict of guilty.—
The next Monday morning the prisoner was
again brought into Court and received the sen
tence of the law, which doomed him to suffer
death by hanging, at such time as the Executive
of the Commonwealth shall appoint.
In a few days a copy of*the record of his con
viction was transmitted to the Governor and
Council, by the Sheriff'of the county of Suffolk,
according to the direction of the statute.
On the 24th of April, the prisoner sent by the
hand of his friend, to the Governor and Council,
a petition for pardon under his own hand, on
the ground of his entire innocence of the crime
of which he had been convicted and for which
he was under sentence of death. All proceed
ings on this petition before the Executive were
suspended in consequence of having received
notice from the counsel of the prisoner that they
were about to make application to the Supreme
Court for a writ of error, to be issued in his case,
on account of certain alledged irregularities
which had been discovered in the course of the
proceedings against him. That application was
heard before the full court, and overruled.
In the opinion of the court upon that applica
tion, pronounced by the Chief Justice, all the
proceedings in the case are declared to be ac-
I cording to established judicial forms and the
laws of the. commonwealth.
I On the 4th'of June, and before the question oh
the w rit of error had been settled by the court,
the Rev. Dr. Putnam, foT the prisoner, asked to
; be permitted to withdraw the petition which had
• been presented to the Governor and Council, for
further consideration. This request was com
plied with by the Governor and Council, and the
petition, in a day or two, was handed to Dr.
Putnam.
On the first day of July, Dr. Putnam placed
in the hands of the Governor another petition,
signed by the prisoner, asking for a commutation
of his sentence.
On the second day of July, this petition was
referred to the Committee on Pardons, and, on
the same day. Dr. Putnam appeared before them
and made a statement, which he said was author
ised by the prisoner, in which the prisoner ad
mitted that he killed Dr. Parkman at the time
and place charged against him, but denied that
the act was premeditated.
He narrated what the prisoner declared to be
the manner of killing, and described minutely
the mode and process ..in which the body of Dr.
Parkman was di ;posed of after death.
The prisoner alleges that the “single blow with
a stick of wood two feet long and two inches
thick,” by which I)r. Parkman was killed, was
given by him in a moment when “he was excit
ed to the highest degree of. passion,” and while
Dr. Parkman was speaking and gesticulating in
the most violent and menacing manner, thrust
ing the letter and his fist in his face; that in his
fury he seized whatever thing was handiest, and
that was a stick of wood, and dealt to him an
instantaneous blow, with all the force that pas
sion could give, and that he did not know, nor
think, nor care, where he should hit him, nor
how hard, nor what the effect would be.”
Upon this statement, and upon the other facts
proved upon the trial, Dr. Putnam addressed the
committee at length in an able and impressive
argument in favor of commuting the sentence
of the Court. A petition from the family of the
prisoner was before the committee, and a large
number of other petitions, some for a full pardon
and others for a commutation, were in the hands
of the committee.
Most of these petitions were from people, men
and women, in other States, and generally plac
ed their petition for a remission or mitigation of
the sentence on the ground of the great doubts
of the prisoner’s guilt. The committee gave
three hearings after the meeting at which Dr.
Putnam addressed them, and* listened to those
who desired to be heard in aid of the prisoner’s
petition, and in support of Dr. Putnam’s views.
The Committee on Pardons, consisting of the
Lieut. Governor and four other councillors, af
ter a full, careful and patient hearing of all that
could be offered by the friends of the prisoner
and by others, who were pleased to be heard in
his behalf, came to the unanimous opinion that
there were not sufficient reasons to justify them
in recommending the interposition of executive
clemency.
They recommend that the Governor be advis
ed to have the sentence of the law as pronounc
ed by the court carried into effect on the 30th day
of August next.
The Council, with but one exception, concur
red with the report of the committee, and advis
ed the Governor to carry out the sentence of the
court as recommended by them.
In carefully and anxiously examining’and con
sidering the case, I do not feel authorized by am
considerations which have been presented to my
mind to set aside the deliberate verdi M of the
jury, arrest the solemn decree of the law as pro
nounced by the highest tribunal of the common
wealth, and disregard the opinions of the coun
cil.
If the circumstances of the killing, as stated
by the prisoner, are taken to be true, it may be
well questioned, whether the Executive Council
could interfere with the sentence without violat
ing the settled laws of the land.
In his charge to the jury in this case, the Chief
Justice says: “It is a settled rule, that no provo
cation with words only, will justify a mortal blo w.
Then if upon provoking language, the party in
tentionally revenge himself with a mortal blow,
it is unquestionably murder.”
The only new fact brought to light as to the
killing, depends upon the word of the prisoner.
It will hardly he pretended by any one, that the
declaration of a person under sentence of death,
should be permitted to outweigh the doings of
the court and jury, and rescue him from the
csnsequences which are to follow their pro
ceedings.
It is candidly stated by Dr. Putnam, in his able
argument, and by the several of the petitions
presented in favor of commutati n, received
since his confession, that standing as he does, the
word of the prisoner is entitled to no credit.
If the circumstances disclosed on the trial art
relied on to support his statement, the reply is,
that those circumstances were urged in his favor
before the jury, and they have decided against
him. The facts of the appalling case are before
the world, they will hereafter full one of the
gloomiest pages in the record of crime amongst
civilized men.
It is undisputed, that on the 23d day of No
vember, 1849, John White Webster, a professor
in Harvard University, and in the Medical Col
lege in Boston, did at mid-day in his room, in
that college, within a few feet of the place where
he daily stood and delivered scientific lectures
to a large class ol* young men, with unlawful vi
olence, take the life of Dr. George Parkman, a
rospectahle citizen of Boston, who had come to
that room at the repeated requests of the pris
oner.
That after taking his life, he eviscerated, and
in a manner most shocking to humanity, mutila
ted the body of his victim, burning parts of it in
a furnace, and depositing other parts of it in dif
ferent places in the building, where they were
found by persons who were seeking after Dr.
Parkman.
That after killing him, he robbed his lifeless
creditor, by taking from him two notes of hand,
signed by himself, to which he had no right, and
committed still another crime by making false
marks upon those notes, and that a jury of his
country, emponnclled according to law, under
the direction of four of the five eminent Judges
constituting the Supreme Court of Massachu
setts, after a long, patient, and impartial trial,
and after hearing in his defence the arguments
of learned and eloquent counsel, upon their oaths
found him guilty of murder.
Upon that verdict, the court pronounced the
awful sentence of death. In such a case there
should be obvious and conclusive reasons to au
thorize the pardoning power to interpose and ar
rest the sword of justice. Ido not see these
reasons.
The combined circumstances of the case force
me to the conclusion, that the safety of the com
munity, the inviolability of the law. and the prin
ciples of impartial justice, demand the execution
of the sentence.
I hope it is not necessary for me to say that it
would have given me unspeakable pleasure to
have come to a different result, and that I would
do anything on earth in my power, short of vio
lating duty, to alleviate the sufferings of a crush
ed and broken hearted family.
GEO. N. BRIGGS.
Council Chamber, 19th July, 1850.
Interview between Professor Webster and .Hr.
Littlefield.
Boston, July 25. 1850.
An interview took place yesterday afternoon
between Dr. Webster and Mr. Littlefield, at the
solicitation of Dr. Webster, in the presence of
Mr. Andrews, the jailor. On their entrance,
Dr. Webster stepped forward and very cordially
and affectionately seized the hand of Mr. L., re
marking that he had long desired to see him ;
that he could not feel at ftase until he had made
his acknowledgements to him that he felt that he
had done him great in justice, and he asked his
forgiveness, Mr. Littlefield promptly and feel
ingly replied, that he forgave him with ali his
heart and expressed his pity and sympathy for
him. Mr. Littlefied also told him that it was a
painful duty he had to perform when he took
the stand and testified against him, but that he
felt it a duty which he had no right to shrink
from, and if he had stated anything wrong, it
was unintentional, and he was very sorry, and
asked forgiveness. Dr. Webster replied that he
, had misrepresented nothing—that lie had told
the truth. Dr. W. said, however, as a dying man,
that he could not bring the sledge hammer to his
recollection. As the interview was drawing to a
close, Dr. Webster again took the hand of Mr.
i Littlefield, and thanked him for calling, and ex-
I pressed a wish to see Mrs. Littlefield. Mr. Lit
i tlefield remarked that they had always, while at
; the Medical College, got along agreeably and
pleasantly together, and that h>- M>r. W.) had al-
ways treated him kindly, Ac. Dr. Wcbstsr said
that a kind and friendly feeling had always ex
isted on his part towards him (Mr. L.) and liis
family. Dr. Webster spoke of his. present situa
tion, and said he was resigned to his fate, but felt
deeply for his family. During the entire inter
view, both parties seemed deeply impressed, and
they parted in tear*?.
Company Room Columbus Guards, )
July 27th, ISSO. £
Guards ! The sickle of death has again been
in our midst, and stricken from us in the
strength and pride of manhood. Corporal JAS.
CHERRY, a soldier who was"ever ready to dis
charge his duty, a warm friend and generous citi
zen. It is with resignation we bow to this severe
dispensation of Providence, and in his death do
we see the truth of this passage, “Man, thou
art the creature of a moment, thy days are but
as a span.” It becomes us now to render our trib
ute to the memory of the deceased, and there
fore Resolved: *
Ist. That in the death of Corporal Cherry our
corps has lost one of its most worthy members
and the community an useful citizen.
2d. That as a corps we sincerely regret his
loss, and mingle the tears of sympathy with the
afflicted relations and friends.
3d. That in a body we attend him to the grave,
and wear the usual badge of mourning tor thirty
days.
-lth. That a copy of these resolutions be hand
ed to the family of the deceased, and the papers
of the city be requested to publish the same
Lieut. W. C. HODGES. )
Surge SCHOON MAKER. ‘ Com.
Sargt. DeGRAFFENREID, S
A true extract from the Minutes.
T. W. SCIIOONMAKER, Secy.
“"AITMTIOS
SOUTHERN MEN!
Tn pursuance of a resolution ad
opted at a primary meeting, a Mass
Meeting will be held in Enon,
Macon County, Ala., on Thursday ,
Bth of August, by the friends of the
Missouri Compromise line, or its
equivalent. All Southern men,
without distinction of party, are re
quested to attend. The ladies are
particularly invited. An excellent
Barbecue will he provided for the
occasion.
Very respectfully,
A. D. (TJX KLEY, *
W. A. M’CARTY, , ,
’ > Com.
J. T. CRAWFORD,
11. M. CLECKLEY,
DISSOLUTION.
r PII E partnership heretofore existing between the under-
I signed, is thisklay dissolved by mutual consent. The
unfinished business of the firm will be attended to by
B. B. deGraffenreid.
B. B. df.GRAFFENREID.
ISAAC T. ROBINSON.
THE undersigned, in retiring from the firm, take'this
opportunity to return his thanks to his friends and the pub
lic generally for the liberal share of patronage with which
he has been favored, and at the same time, he solicits at
their hands a continuance of their favors for the house
which he leaves. ISAAC T. ROBINSON.
THE BOOK BUSINESS
WILL he continued by the undersigned, one of the
old firm of deGraffenreid A Robinson, at the old stand
under the St Mary’s Bank, where he will be happy to
see all his old patrons, and hopes that he may be able to
supply all they want in his line on terms to suit the times.
B. B. deGRAFFENREID.
Columbus, August 1,1350. 31 ts
HEAD QUARTERS Ist Brig., 10th Dio. G. 31. )
Columbus, August 1, 1350. $
TT is ordered that an election, be held at the several
Precincts in the county of Muscogee, on Saturday,
the 2-Irh inst., for a Colonel to command the Regiment
of said county
Also, that ar. election will he held at the several Pre
cincts in the county of Harris, on Saturday , the 2ith
ins/., for a Colonel to command the Regiment of said
county.
Bv order of Brig Gen. Charles J. Williams.
WILLIAM H. CHAMBERS,
Aid de Camp.
Columbus, August 1.1350. 31 tde
Capt. WM. N. NELSON will be supported
for Colonel of the Regiment of Muscogee countv, by
“many’ friends.”
Columbus, August 1,1850. 31 tde
Dr. Willcox’s Sarsaparilla,
IS decidedly the he-t Medicinal Extract for the cure
of all diseases arising from an impure state of the
blood, and other fluids, that has ever been brought
before the public. The following are a few of the com
plaints in which the power of tins extraordinary Com
pound has been displayed, viz:
Scrofula , Salt Rheum , Fever Sores, Piles, Scald
Head , Pimples on the Face, and Body, hirer Com
plaint. Rheumatism, Consumption, Erysipelas,
Cancers, Ulcers, and all Mercurial Diseases.
It is also a certain cure for
Indigestion or Dyspepsia and General Debility ,
and is especially valuable for
Fern ale Compla inis.
The origin of all diseases, it will undoubtedly he ad
mitted, arises from impurities of the blood and fluids
generally, or the action of morbid causes upon both flu
ids and solids —and whatever remedy will re tore the
physical functions to a healthy state, and carry off the
corrupt matter which impregnates the blood and other
fluids, must necessarily be of great interest to mankind.
Many of the medicines now in use are wanting in
their sanitary effects, in consequence of the absence of
some essential article, or an injudicious combination of
the ingredients used.
Against this medicine no such charge exists. While it
doe-* all that other Extracts of Sarsaparilla are said to
perform,it accomplishes what they leave undone.
Penetrating and Purifying the Blood
is only a part of its office ;
The Secretions of the Fluids Generally arc Pro
mated by it.,
and the internal muscular action relieved from that slug
gishness, which frequently lays the foundation of that
distressing complaint, generally known under the name of
Indigestion.
Its effect on the solids is such as to give to each part of
the muscular system that wholesome relaxation by
which the blood is enabled toextend its circulation free
ly, leaving the extremities as well supplied with life as
those parts least exposed to exterior changes.
The disfigured appearance of many of the human fam
ily by
Tumors, Abscesses, Swellings , Glandular and Cu
taneous affections, •
may be attracted to the inactivity of the organs where
these affections occur. As the fungus makes its appear
ance in decaying vegetable matter, so do Tumors pre
sent themselves on the human frame whenever the ani
mation of its parts is partially suspended. This medi
cine., then, by its singular and peculiar action on the
solids, is eminently calculated to afford relief when,
without it, the scalpel would hasten the patent to a pre
mature grave.
This Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla,
In Chronic Constipation,
Quietly insinuates itself through, and purifies the fluids,
relaxes the solids, and without draining the sufferer of
his energies, restores a healthy and permanent vital ac
tion.
In Rheumatic Complaints,
Its virtues are incomparable. The nervous system,
which, in these derangements, is deprived of its equili
brium, yields its negative action, assumes the positive,
and supplies the blood with that assistance in its arterial
transit which, in endeavoring to make, before caused
pain and inflammation. THERE IS SCARCELY
A CHRONIC AILMENT which may not be greatly
relieved, and in most cases,entirely cured, by a judicious
and well-timed use of this remedy.
Nervous Diseases
and
Fe male Complaints,
The most gratifying results have been effected. In
such cases, ifftaken as set forth in the directions, this
remedy will be found in reality an IN\IGORAIOR
AND, AS IT WIiRE, A LIFE-RESTORER.
To go through with the whole list of human ills is not
the design of this circular. The principle of the medi
cinal effect in cases for which this Sarsaparilla is a cer
tain cure, is all that is intended to be shown, and all that
& necessary to be knowD, to ensure its universal use.
For sale only by Robert Carter.
•Sign of the Red Mortar.
Columbu- Inly 11. 185-0 ere* 5m
Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry.
a. n. iN itt.
II AS received this week, a large and general assortment of Ladies’ and Gents* GOLD WATCHES,
** also, Silver. Hunting, and other Watches; also the most fashionable and desirable JEWELRY
worn this season, consisting of Breast Flits, Bracelets, Ear Rings, Gold Thimbles, Silver Ware,
Plated Ware, Silver Card Cases, Gold pens, SONS OF TEMPERANCE Jewels, MILITARY
Goods generally ; together with a larg 1 * assortment of other goods, received and on the way from
-New York. For sale at liis usually low and uniform prices.’
Mr. \VM. B. MOORE is permanently engaged in the Watch Repairing Department. Mr.
Moore, as a Scientific Watch-Maker, has no superior North or South, as the many will attest who
have favored him with their work.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Music Boxes. Accordeohs, Ac. repaired at shortest notice and the
lowest prices.
Engraving on Seals, Stamps, Keys, Silver Waft* tfritT Jewelry, neatly executed. .
fi? 0 Call and see meat the old stand. “ A'. H. D.
Columbus. March 21,1850. 12 ts
Spring and Summer Clothing.
n ii,# Ci luiYsiria.,
Next door to Hill. Dawson & Cos. Broad St. Columbus,’ <S&
ARE now receiving an extensive and well assorted stock of Fashionable Spring and Summer
Clothing, Gents’ Furnishing Goods, Fashionable Hats and Caps. Trunks, Carpet Bags, Valises, Ac,
’ Also, the largest and most extensive assortment of
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, AND VESTINGS.
ever offered in this market, which will be manufactured in the latest styles, and warranted to
please. Those who favor us with a call, may be sure of getting Goods at reasonable and steady
prices.
(ffT Persons wanting Cloths, Cassimeres; Drillings, N estings, Ac. by the yard , can bo
ccommodated, on the most reasonable terms
JAS. D. WILLIFORD. JOS.- Hi DANIEL;
Columbus, March 14, 1850. “ 11 ts
o TEW ART SUPERIOR COURT—Amt Tehui,
O 1850. —It appearing; to the Court, by the petition and
affidavit of Mathew Wright, (and a copy note and affi
davit thereunto annexed) that raid Mathew Wright was
possessed as of his own right and property of the original
note in said petition mentioned, (on John N. Dupree for
the sum of one hundred and seventy-five 40-100 dollars,
due May 9, 1841) and that the said original note has
been lost so that it cannot be found, and the said Wright
prays the establishing of a copy note in lieu of the lost
original. It is therefore ordered that John N. Dupree
do show cause, if any he has. at the next term of this
court, why said copy should not be established in lieu ol
the lost original: and that a copy of this rule be served
personally on said John N. Dupree, if to be found in this
State, and if not, to be published in one of the Gazettes
of this State, three months previous to the next term of
this Court.
A true extract from the minutes of tbi? Court.
J M. CON.Ci’k S. C.
July 23, 1853. 31 3m
HILL & DAWSON
HAVE on a hand a large and superior lot of BAG
GING, and ROPE, manufactured to order in St.
Louis and Cincinnati. \
Also, heavy KERSEYS, manufactured by tho Co
lumbus Factory, and sold at Factory prices—and every
description of Dry Goods, Groceries, Saddle-*, Hats,
Shoes, Ae.—to which they invite the attention ol their
friends and the public.
Columbus, August 1,1859. 31 8t
UNION IRON FOUNDRY,
COLUMBUS, G.V.
r pflE SUBSCRIBERS havingnearly completed their
I New Establishment, art- how ready to receive orders
fbrlron or Brass Castings nl all descriptions Gin Gear,
Sugar Mills. Plate-* and Balls, Cotton Press Pulleys,
Racks and Ways. Rag-Irons for Saw Mills, Railroad
Wheels,Cast-iron Water-wheels and all eastings execu
ted with neatness and dispatch. Their Foundry is on O
g'ethorpe street,opposite Mr. Jefferson’s stoic, where
persons wanting eastings will please call and examine
their work. SA MCEL HEYS A C-O.
N. B. All orders from the COUNTRY directed as a
bove. will meet with prompt attent.on. H. A CO.
July 1C 29 3m
HAVING purchased.of Mr. J. 11. J anney, (who has
declined the Foundrv business) the whole of his patterns,
Ac., they beg leave to inform the public, and particular
ly those in the habit of using Mr Janney’s pa tterns, as al
so those who may have left patterns with him, that they
can find the same by applying to Samuel Heys, at the
Union Iron Foundry.
S. IIEYS & CO.
Columbus, August 1,1859.
3lnsco;ce Division, Sons of Temperance*
MEETS this evening at 8 o’clock. The members
generally, and bretliren ol Chattahoochee Division,
are invited to attend. §
k
SCHOOL iIpTIGE.
r pHE exercises of the Cof.mtms iwale School will he
JL resumed on W August. ‘l'he Acade
my will be iinisheift arvti evdfV convenience provided for
the comfort of tho;&eitt. The undersigned have gone
to the expense ofhafitiing, with the intention of making
said school pemirintet, and second to none. From the
advantageous locality ot their house, and with strict
attention to the interest%f those committed to their care,
they hope to merit a mailable share of patronage.
Reference —School Room.
11. H. McQUEEN.
(). V. ANTHONY.
Columbus, July 23. 30 tt
COLUMBUS 31 ALE ACADEMY.
(Corner of Eorm/th end Randolph Streets.')
r pHE exercises of this Institution will he resumed on
.1. Monday, the 19th ot August, 1850.
Tuition for Scholastic Year 830,00
JOHN ISHAM.
Columbus, July 25. & 5t
fLE AC UHvMlfi .
THE School mlJibeWwmed
on
direction ol Uj|sfcui?rerssigned. Twins for schol
astic year, WM. SI’IANE.
GODFREY & SOLOMONS,
Factors and Commission Merchants,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
JAMES E. GODFREY, E. W. SOLOMONS.
REFERENCES.
REV. JAE. r.. EVANS, REV. SAMUEL ANTHONY,
Savannah. Talbollon.
RIDOF.WAY A. GUNBY, S. OI'SLY &. SON,
Columbus. Macon.
July 25 30 Cm.
Columbus and Greenville Plank and Turn
pike Road Cos.
TAKE NOTICE.
BOOKS of Subscription for Stock in said Company,
will be opened at the Commercial Exchange Read
ing Room, on .Monday and Tuesday, the 15th and 16th
of the present month.
By order of the Corporators of said Co'tnpan.y.
HAMPTON S. SMITH,
JOHN C. LEITNEB,
GEO. W. WINTER,
DAVID ADAMS.
July 11,1850. 28 ts
SECOND ANNUAL FAIR
OF THE
SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE,
OPEN ON THE 18 th NOVEMBER NEXT.
T’HE second annual Fair of the S. Carolina Institute,
for the promotion of Art, Mechanical Ingenuity. &c.
will we halo in Charleston, opening on the 18th Nov.,
and to continue during the week.
Specimens of every branch of Industry are earnestly
solicited, Premiums will be awarded—for the best spe
cimens, a Silver Medal; for the next best, a Diploma.
£Tqj* original Inventions, a suitable premium, at the clis*
cretion of the judges. .
A selection will be made ot the best specimen of Me
chanism and the Arts—of Cotton, Rice, Sugar, Tobac
co, Com, Wheat, Flour, Rosin and Turpentine—and
sent to the World’s Fair, to be held in London in the
Spring of 1851.
A large and commodious building has been selected
for the Exhibition, and every attention will be paid to
the reception and care of articles sent to the Fair. All
articles must be directed to L. M. Hatch, Chairman of
Committee of Arrangements, and be delivered by the
14th of November.
Communications addressed to James H. Tatlof,,
Chairman of Committee on Correspondence, will meet
with prompt attention. _
The Hon. JOS. H. LUMPKIN, of Georgia, will
deliver the Annual Address, on Tuesday night, the 18th
November. •
Arrangements have been made with the South Caro
lina Rail Road Company to let all articles intended
for the Fair return free of charge.
WM GREGG, President
E. C. Jones, Secretary
July 25 30 ft
GREAT COUGH REMEDY!
AYER’S
(lerrr Pectoral.
w
TOR THE or RE OF *
Coughs, Colds , Hoarseness, Bronchitis, Whoop
ing-Covghs, Croup, Asthma and Consumption.
In offering the community this justly celebrated rem
edy for diseases of the throat and lungs, it is not our
wish to trifle with the lives or health of the afflicted, but
frankly to lay before them the opinions of distinguished
men, and some of the evidences of its success, from
which they can judge for themselves. We sincerely
pledge ourselves to make no wild assertions of false
statements of efficacy, nor will we hold out any hope
to suffering humanity which facts will not warrant.
Many proofs are here given, and we solicit an inquiry
from the public into all we publish, feeling assured they
will find them perfectly reliable, and the medicine worthy
their best confidence and patronage.
FROM BENJ. SILLIMAN, M. b.,L L. D., ETC.
Professor of Chrmistm. Mineralogy, Sf r.., Yale College.
Member of the Lit. Hist. Med. Phil, and Scien. Se
rif lies of. America and Europe.
“I deem tlie CHERRY PECTORAL an admirable
composition from some of the best articles in the Mate
ria Medico, and a very effective remedy for the class of
diseases it is intended to cure.”
A eic Haven. Ct.. Nov. 1, 1549.
PROF. CLEA VELA ND, of Bou-doin College, 3lain,
Writes —“I have witnessed the effects of vour “Cher
ry Pectoral” in my own family and that of my friends,
and it gives me satisfaction to state in its favor that nr#
medicine Iliave ever known lias proved so eminently
faithful in curing diseases of the throat and lungs.”
REV. DR. OSGOOD.
Writes —“That he considers “Cherry Pectoral” tho
best medicine for Pulmonary Affections ever given to the
public,” and states that “his daughter after being obliged
to keep the room four months with a severe settled
cough, accompanied by raising of blood, night sweats,
with the attendant symptoms of consumptions, com
menced the use of the ‘Cherry Pectoral,’ and had com
pletely recovered.”
HEAR THE P Aft EXT.
Dr. Ayer—Dear Sir: For two years I was afflicted
with a very severe cough, accompanied by spitting of
blood and profuse night sweats. By the advice of my
attending physician I was induced to use your “Cherr*
Pectoral,” and continued to do so till I considered mysek
cured,and ascribe the effect to your preparation.
JAMES RANDALL.
Hampden sp. Springfield, Nov. 27.1848.
This day appeared the above named James Randall,
and pronounced the above .statement true in cyery respect.
LORENZO NORTON, Justice.
THE REMEDY THAT CURES.
Portland, Me., Jan. Iff, 18-17,
Dr. Ayer: I have been long afflicted with Asthma,
which grew yearly worse until last autumn, it brought
on a cough which confined rne in my chamber, and Be
gan to assume the alarming symptoms of consumption.
I had tried the best advice and the best medicine to no
purpose, until I used your “Cherry Pectoral,” which has
cured me, and you may well believe me. ,
Gratefully yours. J. D. PIfELro.
If there is any value in the judgment of the wise, who
speak from experience, here is a medicine worthy of the
public confidence.
Prepared by J. C. AYER, Chemist, Lowell,Mass.
[ Sold in Columbus, by Danforth & Nagel,’ and
R. Carter, and by Druggists generally,
May 2 ‘ 18 3m
P. McLaren & Cos.
KEF.P, constantly on hand a large assortment of
GROCERIES :
I LIQUORS;
WINES;
TOBACCO;
Ac. Ac
And have just received a large supply of CIGARS direct
, . front Havana.
Merchants are especially invited to ox
amine our stock before purchasing elsewhere.
Columbus, April 11. 15 ts
WARM SPRINGS.
I r IMIIS establishment,situated on Pino Moun
| X tain, in Meriwether county, 36 miles from
i t=£mLColuinbus, and the same distance from Griffin;
| will be opened for the reception of visitors on the first
i day of June.
JfT A tri-weekly line of stages will run from Colum
i bus, and a daily one from Greenville to to the Springs.
JOHN L. MUSTIAN.
May IC, 1850. 20 tlst Sept.
-DAGUERREOTYPE MINIATURES.
J. M SPAULDING
TTTOULD respectfully call the attention of the oiti
i V V zens of Columbus and vicinity, to his beautifully
j COLORED SPECIMENS. Mr. 8. is enabled by
i his process to make good pictures of children ip from
eight to‘ twelves seconds. Persons wishing to set for
i pictures should avoid white, lighfblue and pink dress
es as much as possible.
Persona are invited to call and set for Specimens.
Rooms over Foster & Purple’s store.
Instructions given in the art, and persons fitted out on
moat reasonable terms.
Columbus, Juno 20. 25 ts
” RELIGIOUS PUBLICATION,sff
. rpH E subscriber offers for sale probably the best eol
; X lection ever brought here, comprising over
650 VOLUMES.
Among them the following—Lives of British Reform
; era English Marlyrology—Newton’s Cardiphonia—
i The Life of John Banyan,or ; The Bedfordshire Tink
! er—Professors of Christianity—Madagascar Martyrs—
: Miller on Public Prayer—Men apd Scenes before the
’ Flood—Causes and Cure of Skepticism—Short Daily
Texts—Bates’s Harmony of the Divine Attribute?—Old
Antony’s Hint? —Providences Illustrated—McGill on
Secret Prayer—Learning to Think—The Three Ques
tions, What am I ? Wnenc-e Came I ? And Whither
Do I Go ?—Keith on tlie Prophecies—Pickte's Christian
Theology—Bunyan’-* Holy War—Alexander’s Evi
dences of Christianity—Doddridge’s Rise and Progress—
Baxter’s Call—Edward? on Baptism—Noel on Baptism
—Calvin’s Institute? —Horne on Psalms—Haldane On
Roman?—Bridges on the Christ mistry—Bridges
on CXIX Psalm—Hodge’s History of Presbyterian
Church —Lime Street Lectures—History of the Inqusi
tion—Life of Zuinglin?—Life of Melancthon—Life of
Newton, JVPCheyne, Henry Martyn, Rowland Hill,
Dr. Milnor, Isabella Graham, Harlan Page, Buchanan,
James B. Taylor. Simeon, Jeremy Taylor, Howard the
Philanthropist, Cecil, Arminms, and others—AnxioUs
Enquirer—Chamock on Regeneration—Destruction of
Jerusalem—Miller on Ruling Elders—Ditto oh Creeds
—Ditto on Christian Ministry—Boston Fourfold State-
Council of Trent —Jav’s Exercises—Tales of the Cov
enanter? —Common Maxims of Infidelity—History of
Wvekliftites —Butler’s Analogy—Walk about Zion —
Bible in Spain—McGee on Ephesians —M'Cheynbs Ser
mons —Foster on Decision of Character —Christ our Law
—Davidson's Connexion —Brownell’s Commentary on
tlie Prayer Book—Stanton’s Church Dictionary—Pal
mer's Ecclesiastical Historv —Churchman’s Reasons for
his Faith and Practice—The Church Identified—Devout
Churchman’s Companion—VViHia/ns oil the Miracle**—
Hobart's State of the Departed—Steps to the Altar—E
piscopaev Examined —Dyer on the Ac.,
with many others impossible to name here. All for
sale as low as books can be sold here.
D. F. WILLCOX.
June 13